Announcement by the Acting Chairman

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIRMAN
House of Representatives
April 06, 2006

Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. Chairman, the Budget Committee chairman today, we have heard it, has mentioned a number of times something that is captured in this budget, reducing waste, fraud and abuse. Now, our friends from the Democratic side also have a consistent theme, spend more money regardless if a lot of it is wasted.

But you see, Mr. Chairman, billions of dollars are lost each year to waste, fraud and abuse in the Federal Government. Not only does waste, fraud and abuse steal from the American taxpayers, Mr. Chairman, it also burdens those who rely on the government for their services.

Unfortunately, our friends on the other side of the aisle, they are consistent in, again, spend more money, without measuring efficiency or effectiveness of the programs. It is evident, obviously, that some on the far left measure success of government programs by the level of spending, not on results. Again, just spend more of the taxpayers' money, no matter what.

We cannot excuse programs that, through waste, fraud and abuse, are cheating the taxpayers out of billions of dollars of their hard-earned money. We owe it to the people that sent us here to Washington to ensure that their hard-earned tax dollars are protected through good oversight, performance evaluations and sensible funding decisions.

While the far left is endlessly attempting to increase taxes without any form of accountability and spend more money, I urge you to support the Republican budget that helps make our government programs more efficient, reducing waste, fraud and abuse, while funding our Nation's priorities.

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